Select a Database to begin your research OR Choose a database from the list below A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | For a list of recommended databases by topic, please refer to our online Quick Guides Need help with a database? Tutorials for the databases (below) can be found HERE. Academic Onefile Academic Search Complete (SUNYConnect):A multidisciplinary databases of more than 6,100 periodicals with coverage for some journals going back to 1887. Academic Video Online: Academic Video Online aims to provide the most comprehensive streaming video resource on the web. Academic Video Online can potentially cross-search any combination of these video collections:American History in Video, Area Studies Video Online, Art and Architecture Video Online, Business and Economics Video Online, Counseling and Therapy in Video, Counseling and Therapy in Video: Volume II, Criminal Justice and Law in Video, Dance in Video, Education in Video, Ethnic Studies Video Online, Ethnographic Video Online, Filmakers Library Online, Health and Healthcare in Video, Humanities Video Online, Nursing Education in Video, Opera in Video, Philosophy and Religious Studies in Video, Politics and Current Affairs Video Online, Psychology Video Online, Science Video Online, Theatre in Video, Women's and Gender Studies Video Online, World History in Video, World Languages and Literature in Video Agriculture Collection African American Music Reference: Offers essays covering blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression. AICPA Accounting Literature (password required -call the reference desk at x3222) : Library has access to Not-for-Profit Organizations - Checklists and Illustrative Financial Statements. Click on "My Subscriptions" under "Additional Resources" and enter password to access. America: History and Life: Locate research articles on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Citations, summaries, and links full text articles are available, with coverage dating back to 1954. American Chemical Society Journals: Contains full text journals published by the American Chemical Society, some of which go back to the first volume and issue. American Civil War Letters and Diaries: Contains over 2000 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of diaries, letters and memoirs from the American Civil War Era American Film Scripts Online: Currently contains over 800 scripts by more than 900 writers together with detailed, fielded information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. American National Biography: Locate full text biographies for over 17,400 American men and women. Includes images. American Song: A history database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past.The database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more. Annual Reviews: Locate full text analytic reviews in 33 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences. Coverage dates back to the 1930s for some publications. Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts: an indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Updated monthly, ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional. Subjects include: Education, Family, Gerontology, Health services, Housing, Mental health services, Nursing, Social work, and Substance abuse ARLO: Contains peer reviewed multimedia and letters pertaining to research in all fields of Acoustics. ArtStor: Contains over 550,000 high quality images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images. ArticleFirst: This non-full text database indexes thousands of articles from hundreds of publishers. Asian American Drama: Contains 252 plays (many previously unpublished) by 42 playwrights. Also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays. Associates Program Source (SUNYConnect):Contains 1,000 full text journal and 11 full text books. Berg Fashion Library: offers fully cross-searchable access to an expanding range of Berg content collections – including the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion online, e-books, reference works, images, and much more. Great for research in disciplines as diverse as anthropology, art history, history, sociology, geography, folklore, museum studies, theatre, and cultural studies as well as fashion and textiles. Biography & Genealogy Master Index: Locate citations to biographical articles published in reference books. Use to locate information on people both living and deceased, from all areas of the world. BioOne: Contains citations and summaries of articles published in over 82 journals focusing on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. Links to full text are sometimes available. Black Drama: Contains approximately 1200 plays by 201 playwrights. Also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays. Business & Company Resource Center Business Economics and Theory Business Source Complete (SUNYConnect): Provides access to thousands of full text business journals. Coverage goes back to 1886. Business Source Premier (SUNYConnect): Provides full text for over 3000 scholarly business journals. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business and dates back to 1922. Canadian Reference Centre (SUNYConnect): Contains Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. Also contains images and biographies. Career and Vocational Database: A collection of journals pertaining to vocational research. Chronicle of Higher Education: Learn what is going on in other colleges and universities. The Chronicle is the academic newspaper of choice for many in higher education. Requires a username/password for access. Call the reference desk at 673-3222 for more information CINAHL Plus with Full Text (SUNYConnect): Search for full text articles in the fields of allied health and nursing. Guide to searching EBSCO databases CIOS: Provides citations and summaries of articles in the field of Communication. Some full text linking is available. Classical Music Library: One of the largest multi-label database of Classical music recordings for listening and learning in libraries. The growing collection of 50,000-plus tracks includes recordings from the world's greatest labels including Hyperion, Bridge Records, Sanctuary Classics, Artemis-Vanguard, Hänssler Classic, Vox and many more. Classical Music Reference Library: Contains reference materials spanning the entire history of Western classical music,. Included are the authoritative reference titles Baker's Dictionary of Music, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, and Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music. Classical Scores Library: Currently contains over 12,000 music scores online. Computers and Applies Sciences Complete (SUNYConnect): Contains the full text of computing journals as well as the applied sciences. Computer Database Computer Source (SUNYConnect): Contains nearly 300 full text journals and magazines covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. Communications and Mass Media Collection Contemporary World Music: Contemporary World Music delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent. The database contains genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more. CountryWatch: Provides up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world. Criminal Justice Collection COS Scholar Universe: a searchable, editorially controlled database of more than 2 million published scholars in a variety of disciplines. Scholar Profiles include key biographical information, research interests, selected publications, and contact information, enabling users to identify, assess, and contact relevant scholars based on their research, publishing, and professional credentials. Scholar Universe delivers reliable expert search results when searching for qualified experts based on their expertise, location, background, and more. COS Funding Opportunities: a compilation of available opportunities for grants, fellowships, prizes and other type of funding. Opportunity sponsors come from the public and private sector, including local, state and national governments, foundations and societies and corporations. COS Papers Invited: consists of detailed information and deadlines about calls for papers for forthcoming conferences and special issues of scholarly journals. These calls for papers are issued by professional bodies, journal editors and other conference organizers in all disciplines and from all over the world. Culinary Arts Collection DRAM: From folk to opera, Native American to jazz, 19th century classical to early rock, musical theater, contemporary, electronic and beyond, New World, DRAM offers over 1900 CD quality recordings online. EBSCO Databases: Search several databases at once via this interface. Education Research Complete (SUNYConnect) : Offers one of the largest and most complete collection of full text education journals and covers scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education from early childhood to higher education. Elsevier ScienceDirect (SUNYConnect): Access the full text of over 700 titles in the sciences, social sciences and mathematics. Emily Dickinson's Correspondences: This archive brings together seventy-four poems and letters from Emily’s correspondence with her sister-in-law, Susan Dickinson, dating from the 1850s to the end of Dickinson’s life. Environment Complete (SUNYConnect): Provides information in the areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine and freshwater science, geography, pollution and waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, etc. Guide to searching EBSCO databases Environmental Studies and Policies Collection ERIC (SUNYConnect) : Provides access to education literature and resources, including more than 1,194,000 records and links to more than 100,000 full text documents. ERIC.ed.gov: Provides access to education literature and resources. Freely accessible on the web. Expanded Academic ASAP Fine Arts and Music Collection FirstSearch: FirstSearch contains a myriad of databases for research, most appropriately titles such as WorldCat and ArticleFirst. Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia: This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. Gale Virtual Reference Library: A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Gardening Landscape and Horticulture Collection Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online: A comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music. General Business File ASAP  : General OneFile provides periodical and news information through an intuitive, user-friendly search interface for researchers at all levels.
GreenFile: Covers all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Grolier Online HarpWeek (SUNYConnect) : The full text, full image edition of Harper's Weekly, a civil war era magazine. Dates of coverage: 1857-1865. Health Source - Consumer Edition (SUNYConnect): contains consumer health information on topics such as child care, sports medicine and general health Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition (SUNYConnect): Contains over 500 full text scholarly journals in the medical disciplines. Also contains the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers drug information. Health Reference Center Academic Historical Abstracts: A guide to content covering the history of the world from prehistory to the present (EXCLUDING North America). Home Improvement Collection Hoover’s Premium: Full text directory which provides brief profiles of approximately 40,000 of the largest public and private companies worldwide. Includes company profiles, financials, news about the company, stock quotes, links to websites, and information about competitors. Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection Humanities International Complete (SUNYConnect): This database includes all data from Humanities International Index plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. IEEE Communications Society: Content includes IEEE journals in Computer Science. This database may require a username/password for access. Please contact the reference desk at 673-3222 for more information. In The First Person: An index to primary sources, including diaries, letters, oral histories, and personal narratives. Informe InfoTrac Databases: Link to the various databases offered by this vendor. InfoTrac Junior Edition InfoTrac Newsstand International Bibliography of Theater and Dance: Provides full text information covering the disciplines of Theatre and Dance. International Bibliography of the Social Sciences: IBSS includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,800 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books are included each year. Jazz Music Library: Jazz Music Library will be the largest and most comprehensive collection of jazz available online — with thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres. It currently contains almost 2,000 tracks and 19.000 tracks. JSTOR: Provides a comprehensive backfile of major scholarly journals in the Arts and Sciences, Business, Ecology & Botany, General Science, Language & Literature, and Music. Journals are not current, most having a "moving wall" or "embargo" of three to five years, depending on publication. Latino Literature, Poetry, Drama, and Fiction: Includes fiction, poetry and plays, representing the Chicano culture, as well as the different ethnicities of Latin American writers with a Hispanic background working in the United States. Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: Primarily used for legal research, this source also covers news, financial, and medical information. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract: Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts: The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. LISTA plus full text (SUNYConnect): Contains full text to over 500 core journals in librarianship. Literature Resource Center: Covers writers (novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and others) with in-depth material for the 2500 most studied authors. Includes standard reference sources: Contemporary Authors; Dictionary of Literary Biography; Contemporary Literary Criticism (Select); and the Encyclopedia of Literature. MasterFile Premier: This multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and 164,424 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 453,000 photos, maps & flags.Guide to searching EBSCO databases MathSciNet: A carefully maintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature. MedLine (SUNYConnect) : The standard search tool from the National Library of Medicine for fields in health and medicine. Guide to searching EBSCO databases MEDLINE with Full Text (SUNYConnect): Contains the full text of over 1400 medical journals. Mergent Online: provides business and financial information for over 23,000 U.S. and international companies. 30 years of historical stock prices are available. SEC filings (real-time and archived to 1993) are included for the 10,000+ NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchange companies. Financials for 15 years are "as reported" and can be downloaded to spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel. Select private company reports are also available. Mergent Investors Edge: Mergent InvestorEdge provides a powerful business research tool, access to the documents and financial information you need for each individual company – incorporating the latest research technology for comprehensive investment research. Look up all corporate documents including annual, industry and equity reports as well as general contact information for each domestic and international company in our database. Mergent Archives: Mergent Archives is an online database featuring a vast, indexed collection of corporate and industry related documents. The database contains hundreds of thousands of reports covering over 100 countries and industries. Mergent Archives uses a reliable and easy to navigate system designed to meet your historical research needs. Military and Government Collection (SUNYConnect) : Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, also including full text pamphlets. MLA International Bibliography: Covers literature, language, linguistics, dramatic arts and the practice of teaching language. Articles, books, book chapters, and dissertation citations from 1920-Present. Includes a directory of periodicals. Music Index: This database indexes over 640 music periodicals online. Search by keyword or subject. Music Online: A cross-searchable index of various databases including: African American Reference, Classical Music Reference, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Classical Scores Library, Smithsonian Global Sound, American Song, Classical Music library, Contemporary World Music and the Jazz Music Library. National Newspaper Index NAXOS Music Library: Naxos Music Library provides access to over 75,000 tracks and more than 5,000 CDs with over 2,500 composers represented. The library offers the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Da Capo catalogues as well as Jazz and World music and educational products. NetLibrary (SUNYConnect) : Search for books and other materials online. Contains over 500 medical and health eBooks and 125 new business titles, as well as over 1300 general titles and the free collection of over 3800 electronic items. Newpaper Source Plus (SUNYConnect): Includes over 1500 full text newspapers in addition to over 500,000 radio and television transcripts. New York State Newspapers North American Theatre Online: Information for every theatrical figure, play, theater, major production, and production company from Colonial Times to present, in both the United States and Canada. North American Women's Drama: This collection contains more than 1,500 plays with related biographical, production, and theatrical information as well as playbills and photographs. Covers colonial times to the present. Nursing and Allied Health Collection Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Full text articles on social issues. Includes topic overviews, primary sources, statistics, photographs and podcasts. Oxford English Dictionary: Definitions, history, and pronunciation of over 500,000 words. Oxford Music Online Oxford Reference: includes over 175 titles language and subject reference works from the Oxford Companions and Oxford Dictionaries series, plus the Visual English Dictionary, the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and the Encyclopedia of Mammals PAIS International: PAIS International includes records from the print PAIS Bulletin 1977 and forward; it also includes PAIS print Foreign Language Index published 1972-1990, at which time it merged with the PAIS Bulletin. The PAIS International database contains continually updated records for over half a million journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more. Philosopher's Index: Citations and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. Covers ethics, social philosophy, political philosophy as well as philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education and language. Guide to searching EBSCO databases Physical Review Focus: Provides summaries of selected research papers from Physical Review and Physical Review Letters. Physical Review Online: Physics abstracts. Coverage from 1893 to Present. Includes Physical Review A, B, C, D, E. Also includes two special topic areas Accelerators & Beams and Physics Education Research. PILOTS: The PILOTS database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage. PNAS Online: The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Coverage from 1915-Present. Includes articles, commentaries and author profiles. Points of View Reference Center (SUNYConnect): A full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Guide to searching EBSCO databases Popular Magazines Primary Search Professional Developement Collection (SUNYConnect) : Provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers. Includes full text for the Chronicle of Higher Education. Proquest Criminal Justice: a comprehensive database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals. The database provides research support for students interested in careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security. Proquest Education Journals: gives users access to around 900 top educational publications, including more than 600 of the titles in full text. This database covers not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics. Proquest Political Science: ProQuest Political Science covers the literature of political science and international relations, including such topics as comparative politics, political economy, international development, environmental policy, and hundreds of related topics. Proquest Social Science Journals: ProQuest Social Science Journals provides information on hundreds of topics, including Addiction studies, Urban studies, Family studies, and International relations. Proquest Sociology: Covers the international literature of sociology and social work, including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction, and more. PsycArticles: Full text articles covering general psychology as well as specialized, applied, clinical and theoretical research. Coverage from 1894-Present.Guide to searching EBSCO databases PsycInfo: Citations and summaries of psychology topics. Also includes the psychological aspects of medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Coverage from 1887 to present. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (SUNYConnect): Covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. Psychology Collection Readers' Guide Retrospective: Covers 1890-1982. This standard source indexes popular publications, focusing on U.S. culture and history Regional Business News (SUNYConnect) : Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Religion and Philosophy Collection (SUNYConnect): Contains coverage of such topics and world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, philosophy of language, etc. RILM Music Abstracts: An abstracted bibliography of writings published worldwide. Contains entries in over 100 languages, with most citations abstracted in English. Over 500 scholarly journals are indexed, as well as dissertations, Festschriften, articles in books, conference proceedings, and videos of scholarly interest. SciFinder Scholar: SciFinder Scholar is an electronic version of Chemical Abstracts providing direct access to research on chemicals, chemical reactions, & chemistry journals. Smithsonian Global Sound: A virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. Search by country, language, instrument, country, genre, etc. Listen to both music and spoken word. Social Services Abstracts: Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. SocIndex Plus Full Text: Provides journal articles for all areas of Sociology, with coverage for some journals dating back to 1895. Sociological Abstracts: Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. SportDiscus with Full Text: Search Sports and Sports Medicine Journals Springer E-Books: Full text of books online. Teacher Reference Center: Provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more Twentieth Century North American Drama: Contains plays by more than 200 twentieth century North American playwrights. Twayne's Authors Series ValueLine Investment Surveys: A comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy. Vocational and Career Collection (SUNYConnect): Provides coverage of more than 300 trade and industry-related periodicals. WorldCat: Provides a search of millions of books, scores, dissertations, etc., from around the world. Use ILL to receive the item. Women and Social Movements in the U.S.: Contains primary documents and images pertaining to women and social movements, 1600 to present. World News Digest: This database compiles major headlines from around the world, and dates from 1940 - present. Worldwide Political Science Abstracts: provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. |
